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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What beliefs of the Magistrate have been eroded because of the siege?

2. Why does Fleury order Chloe killed?

3. Who is shot and dies in Chapter 30?

4. What did the Collector shout from the window while watching the siege?

5. The Collector opens Hari's phrenology book to the section on what subject?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the desperate measures the people take to obtain food?

2. What does Lucy begin to do to cheer herself up?

3. Two babies are born in early August; which one survives and what is she named?

4. What desperate measure do the people take out of extreme hunger?

5. Who arrives at the Residency to announce the rescue and what does he find?

6. What happens when Lucy becomes covered in Chockchafers?

7. What table is used for the altar for the Wright baby's Baptism?

8. What does Rayne, who is in charge of the Commissariat, do to enrage the Collector?

9. Dr. McNab calls Miriam to help him in what kind of operation and what is Miriam suffering from in this chapter?

10. What is the Collector sitting on and what is he discussing with the Padre in Chapter 31?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1) Describe the relationship of the Collector with his daughters. What is your opinion of him as a father?

2) Describe the situation of the ladies in the billiard room. How do they interact? How does the Collector view them when he visits the billiard room?

3) Describe Fleury's character. Do you find his poetic musings and views on religion sympathetic? Is he perhaps the most sensitive of the men considering his sympathy and interest in the Indians.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 2

1) Describe the behavior of the residents during the cholera epidemic. What do they carry around with them at all times? Which of the doctors

seem to inspire more confidence in them? Why?

2) Describe the differing opinions of Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab as to the cause of cholera?

3) Describe the different treatments Dr. Dunstaple and Dr. McNab use in the treatment of cholera.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

Essay Topic 3

1) Two babies are born in the beginning of August. Which baby survives? What is it named? Who becomes its godfather?

2) What does the Collector do that is an affront to social protocol? This action by the Collector results in which character disappearing?

3) What clever suggestion does Harry come up with to help defend the Residency? Describe how it is implemented.

Choose two of the three topics to write on.

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